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Digital Plugin SL

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe by Digital Plugin SL has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from dls.magnotrue.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
aa2d8eea56962fea8fe4a400bd8089ea

SHA-1:
6e404c5fa1c982a39a3a2e2c28294474f40b67be

SHA-256:
8251227fe2ae8512bbab508867d3dd34d38b6e3ad44297b64868287bead22f69

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 4:04:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.1.13.23

File size:
669.9 KB (686,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/8/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/9/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, OU=606372162, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
09630EF45908E3288578DD4139725FDD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/12/2015 5:14:58 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:tE4MPYxjsqM776himhxOdTu5MuBGqqTugX1pIgyNdnZnN9rx920846aZRt:qbkwqAaxOBub8p1kZzrx9RZRt

Entry address:
0x1A3000

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 50, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EF, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8646

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
632 KB (647,168 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dls.magnotrue.com/MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1NhIv_Tz2wJULgc-nGlZY_B6fCGMOA90Os20Oyxscjnc6t8JI98CwQeMfIVaDEwwTg3qupBgMP7w-QDIY4zg9sO13fpOw1RE7vfPPhNIYGTwoTFw3iBYSdgIN1PTg6XUBohByevor8IPTcpec8o1EEK-XIUGz1XK01e7bhpkz0dmF9J05U1zIdQK7t172cBqyqXPqpz9EavCcDoEJO9SRy0kgADe0IGlkOKbdsVVy-AdINZQSioOhW8rT1YgubUn73zXD44dj_9hqH41v497t9KpNisXxyFPKeJ1FfSvrFa-MXD5n6IQOdijWt8YUIGNGiK6mS4ZoMj8TiWAPTxlCZB0XRzqHC5A6MNrPYC_uIKvvaYNZtJO7mlSknpImd9LRON14nTjWCTh92Bs0rA9UMME=

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